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Congenital Misalignment of Pulmonary Veins with Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia Causing Persistent Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension: Report of Two Affected Siblings

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Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

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Misalignment of pulmonary vessels with alveolar capillary dysplasia is a rare cause of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. Most of the reported cases have been sporadic. We present two consecutive affected siblings with this disorder. This is the fifth reported family occurrence of this condition. In addition to the pulmonary abnormality, one of our cases had duodenal atresia.

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  1. Pediatric Pathology Laboratory, Hospital Pereira Rossell, Boulevard Artigas 1550, Casilla de Correo 16059, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Carmen Gutierrez, Angeles Rodriguez & Sylvia Palenzuela

  2. Latin American Center for Perinatology and Human Development, Hospital de Clínicas, Avenida Italia s/n, CP 11600, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Carolina Forteza & Jose L. Diaz Rossello

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  1. Carmen Gutierrez
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  2. Angeles Rodriguez
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  3. Sylvia Palenzuela
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Received February 2, 1999; accepted June 28, 1999.

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Gutierrez, C., Rodriguez, A., Palenzuela, S. et al. Congenital Misalignment of Pulmonary Veins with Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia Causing Persistent Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension: Report of Two Affected Siblings. Pediatr. Dev. Pathol. 3, 271–276 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100249910035

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